The First Order

Chapter 805 - A close shave

Chapter 805: A close shave

When Zhong Zhen said that, everyone fell silent. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu tensed up.

Before this, Yang Xiaojin had deliberately kept herself out of everyone’s sight. Even during the consultation, she would quietly stay in the vehicle and sleep. However, he did not expect the Kong Consortium to be so strict. They actually planned on checking every single one of them.

In any case, Ren Xiaosu did not exhibit any odd behavior. He was thinking of how he should resolve the matter at hand first. If Yang Xiaojin could not answer the questions and ended up getting arrested by the Kong Consortium, what should he do?

He would not hesitate to lead Yang Xiaojin to break out of their encirclement and get out of here.

As for the mission, they would just have to secretly come back again at a later time to complete it. Although that would make it much more difficult, it was fortunate the Kong Consortium did not have an artificial intelligence of their own, so their presence would not be discovered immediately after they climbed into the stronghold.

The only thing that worried Ren Xiaosu was what would happen to Wang Jing and the others if they escaped. If it were anyone else, Ren Xiaosu would have just abandoned them and left. But if these real doctors were to be detained by the Kong Consortium, they might be put through interrogation, and that made Ren Xiaosu a little uneasy.

But at this moment, Yang Xiaojin’s voice rang out from a ways away. “I’m over here.”

Ren Xiaosu spun around and saw Yang Xiaojin walking over in a white coat. “Who’s looking for me?”

Zhong Zhen looked at Yang Xiaojin and said, “Oh, we have a few questions for you. As long as you can answer them, everything will be fine. The others have already passed the screening.”

Ren Xiaosu watched quietly from the side as he prepared to bring out “Old Xu” at any moment.

But Yang Xiaojin spoke as though it were no big deal, “Go on and ask then.”

“What is your specialty?” Zhong Zhen asked.

“Orthopedics,” Yang Xiaojin answered calmly. “Who will be asking the questions?”

Zhong Zhen turned to look at a doctor and said with a smile, “Dr. Wang Yao, please ask the questions. This is your area of expertise.”

The doctor named Wang Yao nodded and said, “What are the late complications of a fracture? You just need to list three of them.”

Yang Xiaojin answered, “Post-traumatic arthritis, muscle contracture, fat embolism, bedsores, hypostatic pneumonia, osteochondritis, joint stiffness.”

The doctor named Wang Yao was taken aback for a moment. He said to list three, but the woman actually listed seven in one breath!

“Then what are the common complications after the cast has been applied?” Wang Yao asked again.

Yang Xiaojin answered firmly, “Pustular dermatitis, disuse osteoporosis...”

This time, she gave five answers.

Wang Yao asked five questions in a row, and Yang Xiaojin answered all of them as smoothly as Ren Xiaosu did. Zhong Zhen did not give up. He somehow felt a little indignant about this.

Although it looked like there was no problem at all, he still felt a little humiliated that no spies were identified even though he had mobilized over a dozen doctors to come out of the stronghold.

So Zhong Zhen got Wang Yao to ask a few more questions, but it still did not pose a problem to Yang Xiaojin.

Ren Xiaosu watched quietly. He was surprised Yang Xiaojin could answer the questions so flawlessly. She looked just like a real orthopedic doctor.

He asked the palace in his mind, “What’s Yang Xiaojin’s proficiency in orthopedics?”

“Advanced,” the voice from the palace answered.

Ren Xiaosu sighed. Earlier, he was thinking that Wang Jing was truly multitalented. But actually, it was his girl who was the multitalented one!

However, Ren Xiaosu could guess why Yang Xiaojin was so well-versed in orthopedics. Back when he was learning close combat at Stronghold 88, Lu Yuan had specifically mentioned that joint lock techniques and counter lock techniques were an art form. Sometimes, they could even be used to deflect a heavy blow. When fighting an enemy, they could be used to easily immobilize them and dislocate their joints.

Lu Yuan also said that if he wanted to master these two techniques, he would need to have some knowledge of orthopedics first.

At that time, Ren Xiaosu answered he did not have to learn any joint locks or counter locks. That was because he would just break the opponent’s joints.

Thinking about it now, Yang Xiaojin must have learned her orthopedics knowledge at that time. Furthermore, she had learned it very systematically.

As an ace student, she was indeed much better at learning than Ren Xiaosu. After all, when Ren Xiaosu asked her how he could score 140 points in mathematics, her answer to him was that he could just skip a few multiple-choice questions.

And Yang Xiaojin gave Ren Xiaosu yet another big surprise. She did not have to rely on any external help to pass the Kong Consortium’s screening.

In the end, Zhong Zhen gave a fake smile and said, “It looks like everyone here is really capable. In that case, I won’t hold you all up any further. You may carry on to your medical exchange program. On behalf of the Kong Consortium, I welcome all of you. Here’s to the continued improvement of our Kong Consortium and Wang Consortium’s medical standards.”

Wang Jing smiled. “We’ll be going in then.”

With that, he looked over at Yang Xiaojin. Before this, Wang Jing had thought that Yang Xiaojin had only tagged along as Ren Xiaosu’s girlfriend and was not a doctor. At the time, Wang Jing felt it was quite a shame. They were here for work, so everyone should not have any distractions. What was with Ren Xiaosu bringing his romantic interest along?

This was probably the tiniest bit of dissatisfaction Wang Jing had towards Ren Xiaosu. As Ren Xiaosu treated more and more patients, the dissatisfaction faded.

But he was pleasantly surprised to discover the young lady was also a doctor. Moreover, she seemed like she excelled in her virtue and learning as well. Thus, he started to take a liking to her too.

“You two are a really good match,” Wang Jing praised before leading the way to the vehicles.

Ren Xiaosu chuckled at Yang Xiaojin and said, “Elder Wang is right.”

Yang Xiaojin glanced at him before turning around to get into the vehicle. Several meters away, Ren Xiaosu heard her voice drift over. “I think so too.”

Zhong Zhen stood outside the stronghold and watched the convoy drive in. His deputy next to him asked, “Sir, what do we do now?”

“What else can we do?” Zhong Zhen thought for a moment and calmed himself before saying, “Since we’ve confirmed they’re not suspicious, let’s not bother with them anymore. Send two people to take turns to keep tabs on them and ensure they don’t run around. The rest of you, follow me back to the secret prison. We’ll continue interrogating Wang Yun and that old man!”

It was quite difficult for Zhong Zhen to coordinate with so many medical specialists to make a trip out of the stronghold, but he had told his superior very clearly there was a high chance that spies were traveling with this group.

Now that the spies had not been found and there was nothing suspicious with the other party, he had to quickly find another way to gain merit so his competitors would not have something on him.

His deputy next to him said, “But those two are too stubborn. I’m afraid they won’t open their mouths and speak anytime soon.”

“Then I want you to make sure they do. Isn’t that old man afraid of electricity? Keep electrocuting him. As for Wang Yun, continue torturing him. I don’t believe we can’t pry open their mouths,” Zhong Zhen said ruthlessly.

The reason the Kong Consortium’s intelligence agency could become the devil incarnate of the Kong Consortium was because these ruthless officers had always been unscrupulous. Yang Shiruo and the others had also been forced to cooperate with their screening of the visiting doctors. Everyone knew the flames of war had already been ignited, and the authority of the intelligence agency would only increase, becoming an indispensable part of the war machine.